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ADC Airlines Flight 53

Aviation Development Company Airlines (ADC) Flight 53 was a scheduled passenger flight operated by ADC Airlines that crashed on 29 October 2006 shortly after take-off from Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport in Abuja, Nigeria, at around noon local time (11:00 UTC). Immediately after takeoff from Abuja, the Boeing 737 contacted the ground, broke up and caught fire in a corn field. The flight is reported to have had 104 people on board.[2] Muhammadu Maccido, the Sultan of Sokoto and spiritual leader of Nigeria's Muslims, the sultan's son, Senator Badamasi Maccido, Dr Nnennia Mgbor, the first ever female West African E.N.T. Surgeon[clarification needed], and Abdulrahman Shehu Shagari, son of former president Shehu Shagari, were on the passenger list.[3] Despite media confusion, it is a fact that 9 [4] people survived, among those the 3 daughters of Ibrahim Idris, governor of Kogi. Also, a woman counted among the dead had survived with no serious injuries.

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